Archive for November 2009

Scientists Make Fuel from CO2 Emissions and Sunlight

Scientists Make Fuel from CO2 Emissions and Sunlight : Gas 2.0. The device is called the Counter-Rotating-Ring Receiver Reactor Recuperator or the CR5 for short. I think we’ll stick to that shorter title for now. This method of forced-photosynthesis was initially designed for creating cheap abundant hydrogen fuel. “In the short term we see this as [...]

Frustration Free Packaging Certification from Amazon

A year ago Amazon announced Frustration Free Packaging; no more impossible-to-open-without-slicing-your-hand-open blister packs or pain-in-the-ass steel wire ties. Now they’re stepping it up with a certification, encouraging manufacturers to follow suit. Amen to that, Amazon.